forum slow to load all pages suddenly... Hosting company says its the forum

[vwjunkie]

Ya I'm going to see what kind of response I get from the hosting company. I don't know what to do about the high numbers either.

Jason

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They apparently don't know what that message is from. I think the problem is with the high server load numbers... Is there anything I can do about that, or is that a hosting issue? Why are the numbers so high if there are only a handfull of people on the forum at a time?

Jason

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Here is what they said:

Note that the forum maintenance function will only delete any temporary tables data and old logs. It is not reindexing the database for better performance. In order to have your database reindexed and any slow queries removed you may need to contact an expert php/MySQL developer.

Also you may check with the vBulletin developers for any caching component you may use to create static content. This should also speed up the website as some of the queries will be executed only if new content is added.

Is that correct? How do I reindex the database for better performance? Also they said their server load is below 3... Obviously that doesn't agree with what my admin CP page is saying. When I checked again the numbers were all above 10!

Jason